WOMAN LOSES
HER LIFE IN
WAGON FALL
Mrs. Alice Townsley, 57, of
White County, Suffers
Broken neck and Dies
Instantly
(Special to Pharos-Tribune)
MONTICELLO, Ind., July
11—Thrown from the top of
a load of hay on which she
was riding from the fields
with her husband, Mrs. Alice
Townsley, 57, wife of G.
T. Townsley, residing north-
east of Idaville, sustained a
fractured neck Tuesday at 6
o'clock, dying almost instantly.
Mrs. Townsley had gone to the
fields to accompany her
home, At the invitation
husband she clambered onto the
wagon while he walked along side.
The woman was thrown from her
position when the wagon struck a
rut in the lane causing the vehicle
to shake violently.
Dumbfounded by the unexpectedness
of the mishap, Mr. Townsley
picked up his wife and rushed her
to the house. Dr. J. P. Galbreath
of Idaville was called immediately
but the woman was dead.
Surviving besides-the husband
are two daughters, Mrs. Roy
Bridge of Monticello - and Mrs.
Mitchell Ahersoll of Waterloo. Ill.
two sons, Charles of Ohio and Val
Of South Dakota: the mother, Mrs.
Kate McCully of Idaville, two sis-
ters, and a brother.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
LOGANSPORT PHAROS TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 1928
HER LIFE IN
WAGON FALL
Mrs. Alice Townsley, 57, of
White County, Suffers
Broken neck and Dies
Instantly
(Special to Pharos-Tribune)
MONTICELLO, Ind., July
11—Thrown from the top of
a load of hay on which she
was riding from the fields
with her husband, Mrs. Alice
Townsley, 57, wife of G.
T. Townsley, residing north-
east of Idaville, sustained a
fractured neck Tuesday at 6
o'clock, dying almost instantly.
Mrs. Townsley had gone to the
fields to accompany her
home, At the invitation
husband she clambered onto the
wagon while he walked along side.
The woman was thrown from her
position when the wagon struck a
rut in the lane causing the vehicle
to shake violently.
Dumbfounded by the unexpectedness
of the mishap, Mr. Townsley
picked up his wife and rushed her
to the house. Dr. J. P. Galbreath
of Idaville was called immediately
but the woman was dead.
Surviving besides-the husband
are two daughters, Mrs. Roy
Bridge of Monticello - and Mrs.
Mitchell Ahersoll of Waterloo. Ill.
two sons, Charles of Ohio and Val
Of South Dakota: the mother, Mrs.
Kate McCully of Idaville, two sis-
ters, and a brother.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
LOGANSPORT PHAROS TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 1928
WOMAN LOSES
HER LIFE IN
WAGON FALL
Mrs. Alice Townsley, 57, of
White County, Suffers
Broken neck and Dies
Instantly
(Special to Pharos-Tribune)
MONTICELLO, Ind., July
11—Thrown from the top of
a load of hay on which she
was riding from the fields
with her husband, Mrs. Alice
Townsley, 57, wife of G.
T. Townsley, residing north-
east of Idaville, sustained a
fractured neck Tuesday at 6
o'clock, dying almost instantly.
Mrs. Townsley had gone to the
fields to accompany her
home, At the invitation
husband she clambered onto the
wagon while he walked along side.
The woman was thrown from her
position when the wagon struck a
rut in the lane causing the vehicle
to shake violently.
Dumbfounded by the unexpectedness
of the mishap, Mr. Townsley
picked up his wife and rushed her
to the house. Dr. J. P. Galbreath
of Idaville was called immediately
but the woman was dead.
Surviving besides-the husband
are two daughters, Mrs. Roy
Bridge of Monticello - and Mrs.
Mitchell Ahersoll of Waterloo. Ill.
two sons, Charles of Ohio and Val
Of South Dakota: the mother, Mrs.
Kate McCully of Idaville, two sis-
ters, and a brother.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
LOGANSPORT PHAROS TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 1928
HER LIFE IN
WAGON FALL
Mrs. Alice Townsley, 57, of
White County, Suffers
Broken neck and Dies
Instantly
(Special to Pharos-Tribune)
MONTICELLO, Ind., July
11—Thrown from the top of
a load of hay on which she
was riding from the fields
with her husband, Mrs. Alice
Townsley, 57, wife of G.
T. Townsley, residing north-
east of Idaville, sustained a
fractured neck Tuesday at 6
o'clock, dying almost instantly.
Mrs. Townsley had gone to the
fields to accompany her
home, At the invitation
husband she clambered onto the
wagon while he walked along side.
The woman was thrown from her
position when the wagon struck a
rut in the lane causing the vehicle
to shake violently.
Dumbfounded by the unexpectedness
of the mishap, Mr. Townsley
picked up his wife and rushed her
to the house. Dr. J. P. Galbreath
of Idaville was called immediately
but the woman was dead.
Surviving besides-the husband
are two daughters, Mrs. Roy
Bridge of Monticello - and Mrs.
Mitchell Ahersoll of Waterloo. Ill.
two sons, Charles of Ohio and Val
Of South Dakota: the mother, Mrs.
Kate McCully of Idaville, two sis-
ters, and a brother.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
LOGANSPORT PHAROS TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 1928
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